TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lugrin, Jean-Luc
A1  - Latoschik, Marc Erich
A1  - Habel, Michael
A1  - Roth, Daniel
A1  - Seufert, Christian
A1  - Grafe, Silke
T1  - Breaking Bad Behaviors: A New Tool for Learning Classroom Management Using Virtual Reality
JF  - Frontiers in ICT
N2  - This article presents an immersive virtual reality (VR) system for training classroom management skills, with a specific focus on learning to manage disruptive student behavior in face-to-face, one-to-many teaching scenarios. The core of the system is a real-time 3D virtual simulation of a classroom populated by twenty-four semi-autonomous virtual students. The system has been designed as a companion tool for classroom management seminars in a syllabus for primary and secondary school teachers. This will allow lecturers to link theory with practice using the medium of VR. The system is therefore designed for two users: a trainee teacher and an instructor supervising the training session. The teacher is immersed in a real-time 3D simulation of a classroom by means of a head-mounted display and headphone. The instructor operates a graphical desktop console, which renders a view of the class and the teacher whose avatar movements are captured by a marker less tracking system. This console includes a 2D graphics menu with convenient behavior and feedback control mechanisms to provide human-guided training sessions. The system is built using low-cost consumer hardware and software. Its architecture and technical design are described in detail. A first evaluation confirms its conformance to critical usability requirements (i.e., safety and comfort, believability, simplicity, acceptability, extensibility, affordability, and mobility). Our initial results are promising and constitute the necessary first step toward a possible investigation of the efficiency and effectiveness of such a system in terms of learning outcomes and experience.
KW  - virtual reality training
KW  - immersive classroom management
KW  - immersive classroom
KW  - virtual agent interaction
KW  - student simulation
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-147945
VL  - 3
IS  - 26
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gall, Dominik
A1  - Roth, Daniel
A1  - Stauffert, Jan-Philipp
A1  - Zarges, Julian
A1  - Latoschik, Marc Erich
T1  - Embodiment in Virtual Reality Intensifies Emotional Responses to Virtual Stimuli
JF  - Frontiers in Psychology
N2  - Modulating emotional responses to virtual stimuli is a fundamental goal of many immersive interactive applications. In this study, we leverage the illusion of illusory embodiment and show that owning a virtual body provides means to modulate emotional responses. In a single-factor repeated-measures experiment, we manipulated the degree of illusory embodiment and assessed the emotional responses to virtual stimuli. We presented emotional stimuli in the same environment as the virtual body. Participants experienced higher arousal, dominance, and more intense valence in the high embodiment condition compared to the low embodiment condition. The illusion of embodiment thus intensifies the emotional processing of the virtual environment. This result suggests that artificial bodies can increase the effectiveness of immersive applications psychotherapy, entertainment, computer-mediated social interactions, or health applications.
KW  - embodiment
KW  - virtual body ownership
KW  - avatars
KW  - agency
KW  - immersive interfaces
KW  - human-computer interaction
KW  - affective computing
KW  - emotions
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245624
SN  - 1664-1078
VL  - 12
ER  -